What does regretful mean?

Definitions for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəlre·gret·ful

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word regretful.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. regretful, sorry, badadjective

    feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

    "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

Wiktionary

  1. regretfuladjective

    Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.

  2. regretfuladjective

    Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Regretfuladjective

    full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of regretful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of regretful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of regretful in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Wu:

    I along with our country's people feel sad, angry and regretful, china grabbing our allies and giving us pressure in the diplomatic space will not shrink the distance across the (Taiwan) strait and will not let cross-strait relations walk on a peaceful, friendly path.

  2. Joseph Wu:

    I along with our country's people feel sad, angry and regretful, i need to emphasize here that China grabbing our allies and giving us pressure in the diplomatic space will not shrink the distance across the (Taiwan) strait and will not let cross-strait relations walk on a peaceful, friendly path.

  3. Powertech Chairman D.K. Tsai:

    I am regretful that this matter became emotional for society and a political factor.

  4. Bill Clinton:

    What happened to you is a travesty and I can't even imagine what you went through and how terrible those days and nights must have been for all those years, and I know that all of us are so regretful that you or any person has to go through what you did. And I hope that now that you are standing here before us that you will have whatever path in life you choose going forward.

  5. Joe Rogan:

    I'm making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I've ever had to talk about publicly. There's a video that's out that's a compilation of me saying the N-word. It's a video that's made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it's all smushed together. And it looks f---ing horrible, even to me.

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